Document Outline

• Contents
• Chapter 1. About this manual
  • Important Safety Information
  • Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs
• Chapter 2. Safety information
  • General safety
  • Electrical safety
  • Safety inspection guide
  • Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices
  • Grounding requirements
  • Safety notices (multi-lingual translations)
• Chapter 3. General information
  • The ThinkVantage™ Productivity Center program
  • Additional information resources
  • Specifications
• Chapter 4. General Checkout
  • Checking for power problems
  • Problem determination tips
• Chapter 5. Diagnostics
  • PC-Doctor for Windows
  • PC-Doctor for Windows PE
    • Running diagnostics from the Rescue and Recovery workspace
  • PC-Doctor for DOS
    • Creating a diagnostic CD image
    • Creating diagnostic diskettes
    • Running diagnostics from the CD or diskettes
    • Navigating through the diagnostics programs
    • Running tests
      • Test results
      • Quick and Full erase - hard drive
    • Viewing the test log
• Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility
  • Starting the Setup Utility program
  • Viewing and changing settings
  • Using passwords
    • Password considerations
    • User Password
    • Administrator Password
    • Setting, changing, and deleting a password
  • Selecting a startup device
    • Selecting a temporary startup device
    • Selecting or changing the startup device sequence
  • Advanced settings
  • Exiting from the Setup Utility program
• Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU Index
  • Hard disk drive boot error
  • Diagnostic error codes
  • Beep symptoms
  • POST error codes
  • Miscellaneous error messages
  • Undetermined problems
• Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs
  • Locations
    • Connectors on the front of the computer
    • Connectors on the rear of the computer
    • Locating components
    • System board locations
  • Opening the cover
  • Replacing the CMOS battery
  • Replacing the microprocessor
  • Replacing the system board
  • Replacing a hard disk drive
  • Replacing an optical drive
  • Replacing a memory module
  • Replacing the modem
  • Replacing the Express card assembly
  • Replacing the Media Card Reader
  • Replacing the system fan assembly
  • Completing the FRU replacement
• Chapter 9. FRU lists
  • Machine Type 6416
  • Machine Type 6417
  • Machine Type 6418
  • Machine Type 6449
  • Machine Type 6453
  • Machine Type 6495
• Chapter 10. Additional Service Information
  • Security features
    • Hardware controlled Passwords
    • Operating system password
    • Vital product data
  • BIOS levels
  • Updating (flashing) BIOS from a CD-ROM or diskette
  • Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure
  • Power management
    • Automatic configuration and power interface (ACPI) BIOS
    • Automatic Power-On features
• Appendix. Notices
  • Television output notice
  • Trademarks